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Grotte – Blick zum Glymur Loop from Grundarhverfi

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Grotte – Blick zum Glymur Loop from Grundarhverfi

Owen Hicks planned a hike

September 18, 2022

Grotte – Blick zum Glymur Loop from Grundarhverfi

Moderate

02:28

6.18km

2.5km/h

280m

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Overview

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

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Parking

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603 m

View of Hvalfjörður Fjord

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When you look back you have a view of the Hvalfjörður fjord.

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1.35 km

Þvottahellir (Washing Cave)

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Þvottahellir, which means “Wash Cave” in Icelandic, is a cave that you encounter during the walk to the Glymur waterfall. To get to the river formed by the waterfall, you …

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1.51 km

Log Bridge River Crossing

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A beam and a wire rope must be enough: it goes over the approximately 8 m wide river.

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1.58 km

Trail to Glymur

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After the river crossing, the path to the right of the river climbs steeply up the slope. After more than 10 minutes, an unpleasant scree slope must be overcome and …

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1.86 km

First Viewpoint of Glymur Waterfall

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Beautiful view of the narrow gorge (upstream) and at the very end: Glymur.
This viewpoint is not marked on the map, but there is a platform towards the gorge.

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2.68 km

View of Glymur Waterfall

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This is the last and sixth (fifth marked on the map) viewpoint on the climb. Here you already have a nice overview of the upper reaches of the Botnsá.

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3.11 km

Botnsá River Crossing Above Glymur

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At the top, the river is calm and wide and can be waded through without any problems under normal conditions. Light slippers are useful here, as is a towel to …

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3.44 km

Just a little more climbing and then the path runs down along the gorge, and you always have a beautiful view of the upper part of the Glymur, but especially the panoramic view down to the sea is impressive.

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6.18 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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5.50 km

491 m

139 m

Surfaces

4.54 km

1.43 km

139 m

< 100 m

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Grotte – Blick zum Glymur Loop from Grundarhverfi

View of Hvalfjörður Fjord

Þvottahellir (Washing Cave)

Log Bridge River Crossing

Trail to Glymur

First Viewpoint of Glymur Waterfall

View of Glymur Waterfall

Botnsá River Crossing Above Glymur

View of Glymur Canyon

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